“What has ANS got to do with Rana Sanaullah? It could not get more absurd. He has been arrested for his bold & courageous stance. Jaali-e-Azam being the small & petty minded man that he is, is directly behind his arrest. Make no mistake”, the PML-N leader tweeted.

What has ANS got to do with Rana Sanaullah? It could not get more absurd. He has been arrested for his bold & courageous stance. Jaali-e-Azam being the small & petty minded man that he is, is directly behind his arrest. Make no mistake. https://t.co/7ziuR51u6h

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also condemned the arrest of the PML-N leader. He termed Rana Sanaullah's arrest earlier a "desperate attempt at political victimization".

The PPP chief tweeted: "Arrest of President Punjab PMLN by Anti-Narcotics force is obviously desperate attempt at political victimization.